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Ali

boy name · Arabic origin · 2 syllables

Meaning

exalted, noble (name of the fourth Islamic caliph, a central figure in Shia Islam)

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 2000s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Ali peaked in the 2000s.

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